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The Growing, and Impactful, Phenomenon of True Crime Jul. 08, 2025

Crime and Conduct

Recently, I was scrolling through some news articles and came across this headline, "Nearly 2 in 3 A... Read More

What the Marriage Equality Backlash Taught Me About the Fight for Trans Rights Jul. 08, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

On June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court ruled that excluding same-sex couples from civil marriage was un... Read More

SCOTUS Ruling Misses the Point of Reading Jul. 04, 2025

Holding Space for Good

Literature fuels empathy and conversation. It can foster belonging and it can also fuel productive d... Read More

Democracy Strikes Out Jul. 02, 2025

The Raffel Ticket

In Chief Justice John Roberts's opening statement at his confirmation hearing, he explained that jud... Read More

Courts Not Compelled to Accept 'Obviously Absurd' Presidential Directive Jul. 01, 2025

Crime and Conduct

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay of a temporary restraining order (TRO) granted to ... Read More

Posting the Ten Commandments Does Not Establish a Religion Jun. 25, 2025

Terence Jeffrey

When Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serving as his state's attorney general in 2005, he appeared before ... Read More

The End May Be Near for Miranda v. Arizona Jun. 24, 2025

Crime and Conduct

Nearly 60 years ago, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart asked Attorney John J. Flynn, represe... Read More

The Obsolescence of Proof Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Jun. 17, 2025

Crime and Conduct

Former Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy acknowledged in 2012 — when writing an opinion... Read More

Prosecuting Parents for Unsafe Sleep Environments Jun. 10, 2025

Crime and Conduct

Every year in this country over 4,500 babies die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Children's ... Read More

From Day One, Trump's Immigration Agenda Has Grown More Extreme Jun. 09, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

Four months into President Donald Trump's second term, he has aggressively pursued efforts to strip ... Read More

The Presidential Pardon as a Tool of Political Repression Jun. 03, 2025

Crime and Conduct

American presidents are empowered by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, "to grant repri... Read More

The Expanding Presidency, 200 Years in the Making May. 27, 2025

Crime and Conduct

The dominance of the executive in American government today was set in motion nearly two centuries a... Read More

Republican Governor Undercuts Trump's Anti-DEI Efforts May. 20, 2025

Victor Joecks

Rooting out discriminatory Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs should be a top Republican prior... Read More

Wisconsin Judge Arrested by Administration Seems To Have Law on Her Side May. 01, 2025

Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — I've been wrestling with the story of the Wisconsin judge who went quickly from "y... Read More

Richard Glossip's Twisted Journey Through America's Courts Apr. 08, 2025

Crime and Conduct

Richard Glossip's twisted journey through the criminal justice system is both amazing and horrifying... Read More

Police Can Lie to a Suspect to Get a Confession Apr. 01, 2025

Crime and Conduct

In 1969, Martin Frazier and an accomplice were convicted in Oregon of second-degree murder. During a... Read More

Welcome to Immigration Law. It's a Whole Different World. Mar. 20, 2025

Ruben Navarrette

SAN DIEGO — The topic of immigration law is in the news a lot lately as a result of President ... Read More

A New Twist on the "Reviled" Advocate Mar. 18, 2025

Crime and Conduct

American criminal jurisprudence has been turned on its head. For centuries lawyers have been attacke... Read More

Trump's Attack on the Department of Education, Explained Mar. 17, 2025

Rights & Resistance with the ACLU

This week, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) released a statement saying it would cut nearly 50%... Read More

The Golden Age of Cinematic Courts-Martial Mar. 04, 2025

Crime and Conduct

Air Force Brig. Gen. Erik Quigley was recently removed as an executive officer at Wright-Patterson A... Read More